Katie Joplin is an American sitcom created by Tom Seeley and Norm Gunzenhauser that aired for one season on The WB Television Network from August to September 1999. Park Overall plays the title character, a single mother who tries to balance her job as a radio program host with parenting her teenage son Greg (Jesse Head). Supporting characters include her boss, played by Jay Thomas (pictured), her niece (Ana Reeder), and her co-workers (Jim Rash and Simon Rex). The series was optioned as a mid-season replacement for the 1998–1999 television season, but was delayed for a year after production issues. Katie Joplin received the lowest ratings for any original program The WB aired in its time slot. Of the seven episodes filmed, only five were aired. Critics recommended Katie Joplin prior to its premiere and discussed the delay in its airing. Retrospective reviews of the series were negative. (Full article. . . )
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Katie Joplin is an American sitcom created by Tom
Seeley
and Norm
Gunzenhauser
that aired for one season on The WB Television Network from August to September 1999. Park
Overall
plays the title character, a single mother who tries to balance her job as a radio program host with parenting her teenage son Greg (Jesse Head). Supporting characters include her boss, played by Jay Thomas (pictured), her niece (Ana
Reeder
), and her co-workers (Jim Rash and Simon Rex). The series
was optioned
as a mid-season replacement for the 1998–1999 television season,
but
was delayed
for a year after production issues. Katie Joplin received the lowest ratings for any original program The WB aired in its time slot. Of the seven episodes filmed,
only
five
were aired
. Critics recommended Katie Joplin prior to its premiere and discussed the delay in its airing. Retrospective reviews of the series were
negative
. (Full article.
.
.
)
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Reservoir
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al-Malik
ibn
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Did you know.
.
.
Woodblock print by Suzuki
Harunobu
Woodblock print by Suzuki
Harunobu
.
.
.
that
the
Noh
play
Haku
Rakuten
is parodied
in a woodblock print (pictured)?
.
.
.
that
Mary V. R. Thayer was
briefly
arrested on suspicion of spying after abandoning a 1929 business trip in the Soviet Union to explore the Caucasus?
.
.
.
that
the fungal infection
conidiobolomycosis
mainly
affects
people
living in tropical areas
but
was
first
reported in horses in Texas?
.
.
.
that
racing driver James
Sofronas
worked as a salesman for a technology
company
to
buy
the Nissan
NX
2000 required for his
first
competitive race?
.
.
.
that
a
track
on
Maxïmo
Park's album Nature Always Wins is about Nick Alexander, the band's former merchandiser who
was killed
in the
Bataclan
concert hall attack?
.
.
.
that
Alfred
Koerppen
, who taught music theory and composition at the
Musikhochschule
Hannover
, wrote the text and music of a 1951 opera after Virgil?
.
.
.
that
the Silver Deer of Bilge Khan, a 7th-century artifact,
is recognized
by the Mongolian
government
as being of
"
invaluable heritage
"
?
.
.
.
that
the
Torreya
Guardians are trying to save the
critically
endangered North American conifer
Torreya
taxifolia
from extinction?
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a new article Nominate an article
In the news
Alpha
Condé
in 2017
Alpha
Condé
Guinean President Alpha
Condé
(pictured)
is arrested
by military officials during a coup d'état.
Hurricane Ida
leaves
at least 70
people
dead and causes flooding in the Gulf Coast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, leading to widespread power outages.
Amid evacuations from Afghanistan, a suicide bombing kills at least 182
people
at Hamid
Karzai
International Airport in Kabul.